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17963 results for: Keyword - the Sir Williams
We found 11545 matches on Author, 6982 matches on Performance Comments, 1316 matches on Event Comments, 1129 matches on Roles/Actors, and 512 matches on Performance Title.

1101
14 May 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Houghton and the Prompter. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #21 6s. 6d.; tickets #122 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Song: Singing in Italian-Mrs Barbier; incident to the Play: Original Music-Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Rochetti, Papillion, Baker, Thompson, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Egleton, Mrs Cantrel

Music: H$Handel's Water Music-; with a Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benjamin Baker

Dance: Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

1102
21 September 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespeare. And all the Flyings, Sinkings, and usual Decorations. Receipts: #56 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Music: With the Musick, both Incident to the Play: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Papillon, Thompson, Mrs Seedo, Mrs Egleton, Mrs Cantrel

Dance: Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

1103
30 December 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Song: Leveridge, Legar, Rochetti, Mrs Seedo, but see17300921

Dance: Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, but see17300921

1104
06 April 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Essex. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Cast
Role: Followers of Pleasure Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams
Role: Syrens Actor: Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams
Role: Chinese Guards Actor: Wetherilt, Wright, Gray, Burnet

1105
17 May 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Jones (Numberer) and Little (Gallery Boxkeeper). At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With the Original Musick, Songs, and Dances, Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17301124, but Banquo-Bridgwater; Lenox-Cibber Jr; Malcolm-A. Hallam; Seyton-Corey; Witches-Griffin, Shepard, R. Wetherilt.
Cast
Role: Witches Actor: Griffin, Shepard, R. Wetherilt.
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Hob; or, The Country Wake

Performance Comment: Hob-Cibber Jr; Sir Thomas-Shepard; Friendly-Oates; Flora-Mrs Grace; Betty-Mrs Shireburn.
Cast
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Shepard

Music: Select Pieces-

Song: As17310427

Dance: EEnglish Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter

1106
20 May 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

1107
27 September 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespeare. And all the Flyings, Sinkings, and Decorations. Receipts: #61 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Music: Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Rochetti, Salway, Papillion, Thompson, Mrs Seedo, Mrs Egleton, Mrs Cantrel

Dance: Dancing-Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, Delagarde Jr

1108
01 December 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Mills; Macduff-Wilks; Banquo-Bridgwater; Hecate-Johnson; Witches-Griffin, Wetherilt, Hallam; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; Lady Macduff-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Witches Actor: Griffin, Wetherilt, Hallam
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

1109
29 December 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Song: Vocal Parts, as17310927, but _Rochetti

Dance: Dancing, as17310927, but Salle

1110
04 January 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: For an amusing account of the performance, see Lord Hervey and his Friends, p. 69. Hervey's letter is dated 4 April 1731 by the editor, but 4 January 1732 must almost certainly be the correct date

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

1111
03 February 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Music: As17310927

Dance: As17310927, but see also 29 Dec. 1731

1112
05 May 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Bowman and Paget. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: See17311201, but King-Bowman; Macbeth-Mills; Macduff-Wilks; Banquo-Paget; Lenox-Cibber Jr; Malcolm-A. Hallam; Seyton-Corey; Seyward-Watson; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; Lady Macduff-Mrs Butler; Hecate-Johnson; Witches-Griffin, Wetherilt, Hallam.
Cast
Role: Witches Actor: Griffin, Wetherilt, Hallam.
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

1113
12 May 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Music: As17310927

Dance: As17310927

1114
28 September 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With all the Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations proper to the Play and the Original Musick, Songs, and Dances. Afterpiece: With the Additional Scene representing the Drawing of the Lottery in Guild-Hall. [For a discussion of Wilks as actor-manager and a brief comment on the defects of T. Cibber as Macduff, see Grub St. Journal, 5 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Mills; King-Boman; Macduff-Cibber Jr; Banquo-Bridgwater; Lenox-Roberts; Malcolm-A. Hallam; Seyton-Corey; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Horton; Lady Macduff-Mrs Butler; Hecate-Johnson; Witches-Griffin, Shepard, R. Wetherilt; Murderers-Harper, Jones.
Cast
Role: Witches Actor: Griffin, Shepard, R. Wetherilt
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Music: The Original Musick-; Vocal Parts-Stoppelaer, Miss Raftor, E. Roberts, Charke

Dance: Essex, Thurmond, Houghton, Tench, Davenport

1115
30 October 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespeare. And all the usual Flyings, Sinkings, and Decorations proper to the Play. Receipts: #92

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Rochetti, Salway, Papillion, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Mrs Sanderson

Dance: Poitier, Nivelon, Dupre Sr, Pelling, Newhouse, LeSac, Dupre Jr, Delagarde Jr

1116
13 December 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Country Revels

1117
15 January 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

1118
25 January 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Vocal Parts, as17321030, but Mrs _Sanderson

Dance: As17321030

1119
05 February 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Performance Comment: As17321111 (Daily Post, 2 Feb.; issue of 5 Feb. missing), but Suffolk-_; Chancellor-_; Chamberlain-_; Abergavenny-_; Cromwell-_; Katherine-Mrs Porter.
Cast
Role: Katherine Actor: Mrs Porter.
Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

1120
19 February 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction. With Vocal and Instrumental Musick, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Delane; Macduff-Giffard; Banquo-Hulett; King-Huddy; Malcolm-Bardin; Donalbain-Woodward; Lenox-Rosco; Seyward-Winstone; Seyton-Corey; Witches-Morgan, Norris, Penkethman; Hecate-Lyon; Murderers-Wetherilt, Pearce; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Roberts; Lady Macduff-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Murderers Actor: Wetherilt, Pearce
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

1121
09 April 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Huddy. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Murderers Actor: Wetherilt, Pearce
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain

Dance: DDifference of Nations-

1122
03 May 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Music: Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Rochetti, Salway, Mrs Wright, Mrs Sanderson, but see lif, 30 Oct. 1732

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Pelling, LeSac; II: Clown-Nivelon; III: Ball Dance finished with a slow Minuet-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; IV: Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Pelling; V: Scottish Dance, as17330501

Ballet: End Afterpiece: The Amorous Clown; or, The Courtizan. Clowns-Nivelon, Pelling; Wives-Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling

1123
22 May 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Temple and Bowcher, Boxkeepers. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: See17330409 A new Prologue addresses to the Merchants and Citizens of London,-the Author; A new Epilogue to be spoken-Morgan, Penkethman by way of Dialogue, riding on two Asses.
Cast
Role: See17330409 A new Prologue addresses to the Merch Actor: the Author
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Song: I: Love and Wine by the Author of Bacchus One Day Gaily Striding-; III: The Despairing Shepherd-Excell

Dance: IV: Friendly Lasses-Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham; V: Masquerade Dance-Vallois, Mrs Bullock

1124
28 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Post, 29 May: We are assur'd that there will be no more Plays acted this Season at [dl], and we hear that there was Yesterday no Play acted...as had been advertiz'd for that Day; the Occasion we are inform'd was, that at Midnight on Saturday last several persons arm'd took Possession of the same, by Direction from some of the Patentees, and lock'd up and barricado'd all the Doors and Entrances thereunto, against the whole Company of his Majesty's Comedians, as also against Mr Cibber, Jun. notwithstanding he had paid to one of the Patentees several hundred Pounds for one third Part of the Patent, Cloaths, Scenes, &c. and all Rights and Privileges thereunto annexed, for a certain Term not yet expired. Mr Cibber, Jun. and the rest of the Company of Comedians, and this Morning to wait upon his Grace the Duke of Grafton, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Houshold, with their humble Petition, and the Representation of their Cast, and to beg his Grace's Favour and Protection

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Related Works
Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

1125
11 October 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Music: Vocal and Instrumental, incident to the Play. The Vocal Parts by Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Mrs Wright, Mrs Saunderson, Mrs Cantrel, Miss Norsa

Performance Comment: The Vocal Parts by Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Mrs Wright, Mrs Saunderson, Mrs Cantrel, Miss Norsa .

Dance: Proper to the Play by Poitier, Du Pre, Pelling, Newhouse, Le Sac, De la Garde, Du Pre Jr